Second round draft pick Chiaki Tone bought a fifty-inch television for around 100,000 yen and gave it to his grandmother. He also paid for a subscription to Nittele G+ so that she can watch Giant games. He is planning to send his father a brand-name bag that costs about 150,000 yen. Source: Sponichi 1/25/2015

Hanshin Tigers

First round draft pick Yuya Yokoyama (left sternoclavicular joint) should be ready for opening day. Assuming no problems, he could pitch in his first game in mid- to late-February. He played catch at a distance of about fifty meters on Saturday. Source: Sponichi 1/25/2015, Nikkan Sports 1/25/2015

The Tigers are planning to send scouts to check on players with other teams at both Ichi-gun and Ni-gun spring camps locations. They will also be shuffling their scouts around to make sure they have a fresh set of eyes checking on talent. Source: Daily Sports 1/25/2015

Development coach Masayuki Kakefu is high on Shintaro Yokota and Naomasa Yokawa. Source: Sponichi 1/25/2015

First round draft pick Takayoshi Noma purchased a vehicle that seats seven with his signing bonus and gave it to his family in Hyogo. Source: Daily Sports 1/25/2015 ... Noma ended his workouts at Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima on Sunday. He will report back to the team on the 31st in Miyazaki after he takes his college examinations. Source: Daily Sports 1/25/2015

Someone took about 100,000 yen worth of stuff out of Ryosuke Hirata's car. Source: Sponichi 1/25/2015 ... Three Chan Luu bracelets and some loose change were among the items that were missing. Source: Daily Sports 1/25/2015

First round draft pick Yasuaki Yamasaki wants to use a portion of his first paycheck to buy a nice bicycle. Source: Nikkan Sports 1/25/2015

Yakult Swallows

Yoshinori Sato threw about 500 pitches over eight bullpen sessions between January 12 and 22. He threw as many as eighty pitches and as few as fifty. He tossed three sessions on consecutive days twice. Source: Sports Hochi 1/25/2015